Treatments

Germination count·m⁻²

Plant height (cm)

Stem diameter (mm)

Number of leaves per plant

Days to 50% tasseling

Days to 50% silking

Conventional Tillage

6.7

204.00 B

11.98

11.60 AB

71.00

72.44

Minimum Tillage

7.1

201.84 B

11.86

11.36 B

71.55

72.44

Deep Tillage

7.1

213.04 A

12.82

11.89 A

70.22

71.44

LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

NS

7.53

NS

0.31

NS

NS

Flat Sowing

6.1 B

196.62 B

11.90

11.53

72.44 A

73.77 A

Ridge Sowing

7.8 A

211.86 A

12.00

11.49

70.44 B

71.44 B

Bed sowing

7.0 AB

210.40 A

12.76

11.82

69.89 B

71.11 B

LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

0.98

5.90

NS

NS

0.85

1.73

Conventional Tillage × Flat Sowing

5.7

199.33

12.13

12.00 a

72.00

73.66

Minimum Tillage × Flat Sowing

6.0

193.20

11.67

11.33 a

72.66

74.33

Deep Tillage × Flat Sowing

6.7

197.33

11.90

11.27 b

72.66

73.33

Conventional Tillage × Ridge Sowing

7.7

205.26

11.30

11.33 a

70.66

72.00

Minimum Tillage × Ridge Sowing

7.7

207.93

11.40

11.07 a

71.00

71.33

Deep Tillage × Ridge Sowing

8.0

222.40

13.30

12.07 a

69.66

71.00

Conventional Tillage × Bed sowing

6.7

207.40

12.50

11.47 a

70.33

71.66

Minimum Tillage × Bed sowing

7.7

204.40

12.50

11.67 a

71.00

71.66

Deep Tillage × Bed sowing

6.7

219.40

13.27

12.33 a

68.33

70.00

LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

NS

NS

NS

0.68

NS

NS